>Dear Friends: > Marilyn asks "why wouldn't finger feeding be considered an artificial >teat?" Great question. > > Probably finger feeding is another technique that can be beneficial or >misused. It would be great to have some research that validates our practice. >What do you all think? I agree, Nikki. In the UK, I have never heard of finger feeding being practised in any way at all. That's not to say I am for or against it....however, I would be concerned about it becoming widespread here, where hospitals and health professionals are already too often lacking in the basic knowledge of how to support normal, full-term healthy baby, physiological breastfeeding, and where I have seen other tools misused and used routinely, to the detriment of happy breastfeeding. Things 'catch on' like a fashion here, and spread quite quickly. Heather Welford Neil NCT bfc Newcastle upon Tyne UK *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html